Description
Cleveland Clinic’s 18th Annual Obesity Summit is designed for a diverse mix of health care practitioners interested in innovative solutions and new strategies to care for patients with obesity. Causes of obesity and diabetes, preventive strategies, and therapeutic management approaches are discussed throughout this activity, with special focus place on health disparities, lifestyle, diet & exercise, surgical treatment, medication, patient-centered treatment, complications and weight recurrence.
Topics
| Session 1– Obesity Care: Setting the Stage | |
| Obesity as a Chronic Disease: Understanding the Metabolic Adaptation of Obesity | Donna Ryan, MD |
| Unconscious Bias and the Impact on Patient Care | Leslie Heinberg, PhD |
| Obesity in Primary Care setting | Robert Kushner, MD |
| Are All Patients the Same? How Does Race and Ethnicity Change Your Approach to Obesity Treatment? | Kendalle Cobb, MD |
| Panel Discussion | Kendalle Cobb, MD, Leslie Heinberg, PhD, Robert Kushner, MD, Donna Ryan, MD |
| Session 2– Non-Pharmacological Management of Obesity | |
| Ketogenic Diets | Felipe Casanueva, MD, PhD |
| How to Prescribe a Physical Activity Rx | César Bustos |
| Back to the Basics: Obesity Treatment Beyond Medications | Robert Kushner, MD |
| Physical Activity and Cardiorespiratory Fitness as Modulators of Health Outcomes | Barry Franklin, PhD |
| Panel Discussion | César Bustos, Felipe Casanueva, MD, PhD, Barry Franklin, PhD, Robert Kushner, MD |
| Session 3–Obesity Through Ages and Specific Complications | |
| Cardiovascular Kidney Metabolic Syndrome: What Is It? | Ashish Sarraju, MD |
| Gender Diverse Population and Obesity: Understanding the Intersection | Ricardo Correa, MD |
| Management of Childhood Obesity | Lina Alkhaled, MD |
| Obesity in the Elderly Population | Willy Valencia, MD |
| Mediterranean Diet, Exercise and Sleep Apnea | Albert Lecube, PhD |
| Session 4– The Present and Future of Obesity Care | |
| How to Treat Obesity When GLP-1 Agonists Are Not Available? | Jaime Almandoz, MD |
| The Year in Review: Hot Topics in Obesity Care | Marcio Griebeler, MD |
| Gaps in Care When Treating Patients With Obesity | Jaime Almandoz, MD |
| A Call For Sharing Responsibility For Improving Access to Evidence-Based Obesity Care | Bartolome Burguera, MD, PhD |
| Panel Discussion and Patient Narratives | |
| Session 5– Surgical Management | |
| Health Benefits of Metabolic Surgery in the GLP-RA Era | Alim Aminian, MD |
| Metabolic Pathways in MAFLD: The Role of Metabolic Surgery | Fatima Sabench Pereferrer |
| Adjuvant Obesity Pharmacotherapy in the Bariatric Surgical Patient | W. Scott Butsch, MD |
| AI, Digital Surgery and Simulation in Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery | Matthew Krob, MD |
| Panel Discussion | |
| Session 6– Innovations and Treatment | |
| Bariatric and Metabolic Endoscopy | Roberto Simons-Linares, MD |
| Obesity Innovations in Europe | Albert Lecube MD, PhD |
| The New Kids on the Block: Emerging Therapies | Timothy Garvey, MD |
| Digital Innovation at the Cleveland Clinic | Jerry Wilmink, PhD, MBA |
| Panel Discussion | Timothy Garvey, MD, Albert Lecube MD, PhD, Roberto Simons Linares, MD, Jerry Wilmink, PhD, MBA |
| Session 7– Workshops | |
| Treating Negative Body Image | Emily Fink, PsyD |
| Challenging Clinical Cases 1 | Donna Ryan, MD, Reena Bose, MD |
| Challenging Clinical Cases 2 | Timothy Garvey, MD, Yael Mauer, MD |
Release Date: 1/3/25
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